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A barrister explains what could happen to The Archers’ Helen in court
After the Sunday omnibus bombshell, what could happen next to Helen Titchener? Warning: Contains spoilers! Not so long ago, it was hard to imagine Radio 4's The Archers making headlines. The portrait...
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The colonel's revenge: on the battle against Islamic State in Iraq
Rough justice in Iraq’s killing fields. I mean to ask the colonel how many men he has killed but there is too much else going on so I never do. Usually I don’t like the question – it’s more intrusive...
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Jacob Zuma’s week from hell
South Africa’s president is now facing calls to resign even from within his own party. Last week President Jacob Zuma must have thought things could hardly get any worse. The Constitutional Court,...
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Stephen Bush appointed New Statesman special correspondent
Stephen Bush is to become special correspondent at the New Statesman. He will write for both the print magazine and NS website, ranging across politics and culture, and will continue to co-host the NS...
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Mark Steel clears low bar with unfunniest joke in decades
“I might sue for emotional abuse”: so-called comedian mocks The Archers domestic abuse plotline. One can forgive People’s Assembly-botherer and George Galloway hat thief Mark Steel for trying out some...
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Why did European intelligence agencies fail to stop the Brussels attacks?
Almost all of the recent terror attacks in Europe were carried out by our own people. So how can we stop another? The day after the Brussels attacks, in which 32 people died at Zaventem airport and...
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It's not just Europeans who will feel the consequences of TTIP
The trade deal will put corporations in control, not citizens, warns Diane Abbott. As more is revealed about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), it is clear that it has little...
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Lord Ashcroft denies links to Panama Papers firm
Following the release of the Panama Papers, a spokesman for the former deputy chairman of the Tory party has denied that he had "done business" with Mossack Fonseca. Lord Ashcroft has denied any...
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Thomas De Quincey and the deadly rivalries of nineteenth-century magazines
How an opium-addicted celebrity emerged from the fraught world of editorial double-dealing. There is a satirical story by Edgar Allan Poe, called “How to Write a Blackwood Article”, in which the...
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Here's how London's next mayor can make a big difference for single parents
Making childcare affordable is therefore essential in for supporting more single parents back into work and ensuring that it pays to work. Thousands of single parents in London are being locked out of...
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MPs have commissioned an inquiry into the Chilcot Inquiry
Who inquires the inquirers? The long delayed Chilcot Inquiry is now getting an inquiry of its own! For those following along at home, the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war has now been underway for...
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Panama Papers: the nuts and bolts of a massive international investigation
The story lifts the lid on the finances of the elite, but also displays how investigative journalism works in the age of big data and global media. The reporting of the Panama Papers – a massive trove...
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Blood relations: how to live with a killer in the family
Marina Benjamin probes the stories of the Columbine killers and the Unabomber through A Mother’s Reckoning by Sue Klebold and Every Last Tie by David Kaczynski. Life changed in an instant for Sue...
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7 things you should know about the Panama Papers
At least 12 world leaders are implicated in offshore schemes by the biggest ever leak of financial documents 1. The leak centres on Mossack Fonseca. Mossack Fonseca is a law firm headquarted in Panama...
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Going south: a necessary, if not perfect, debut novel from Kate Tempest
The Bricks That Built the Houses by Kate Tempest is an elegy for a London seen from south of the river. This book is almost everything I hoped it would be. That is praise indeed, as I had high hopes. I...
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In this together: how the Lib Dems battled to restrain the Tory monster
Peter Oborne takes on David Laws’ Coalition: the Inside Story of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government– an account of the 2010-15 coalition from the Liberal Democrat point of view. To...
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The Archers' domestic violence storyline has sacrificed realism for ratings
Four times as many women as men are killed by their partner. The story of Helen Titchener and her relationship with her abusive husband, Rob Titchener has been widely praised by domestic violence...
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The EU debate must not ignore Northern Ireland
Brexit could threaten the fragile Northern Irish peace process. As the farthest flung part of the UK and a region characterised by vastly different political issues, Northern Ireland can often seem...
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Watch: Zac Goldsmith's lack of London knowledge in quick-fire cab interview
He's clearly not a QPR fan. And doesn't use the Central Line much. If you're running for mayor of London, you must prepare for two things. The first is harnessing a £17bn annual budget to shape the...
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Iain Duncan Smith cries about a poor person – apparently forgetting his part...
The former Work & Pensions Secretary breaks down in tears about the plight of a single mother during a TV interview. In the most extreme and sickening case of "too little, too late" ever to happen...
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